In an effort to bring the tiniest bit of joy to the lives of Celiac Disease sufferers (or anyone who must eat Gluten Free), this blog is a forum for the sharing of information...good GF food, yucky GF food, accomodating restaurants, etc.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Gluten-Free Girl Scout Cookies

It's no secret that Girl Scout cookie time brings out the
best in a lot of people. Some wait all year for that first minty bite of Thin
Mints, gladly handing their money over to thesweet green-clad sprites who are raising funds to better themselves and other girls.For some of us, though, it can be a rather sad
time.Those of us who must eat
gluten-free, due to Celiac disease or gluten-intolerance, can only look at
those bright boxes and shake our heads, remembering the yummy past when we
gleefully chomped away, oblivious to any future intestinal damage.

I've heard rumblings that the Girl Scouts are working on a
gluten-free cookie. Some areas have written up petitions begging for them. The official statement from the scouts' website says, "Girl
Scout Cookies are produced only once a year and for a limited time, so our
bakers never achieve the volume required to support the specific production of
specialty cookies. The demand has not been great enough to make it economically
feasible" to produce a GF cookie.Sigh...I guess that makes sense.Luckily, there are some very talented
gluten-free bakers out there who have tried their darnedest to recreate these
seasonal treats, minus the unsafe gluten ingredients like wheat, malt, barley,
rye and more. With the use of excellent flour blends (like Jules' and Thank God
It's Gluten-Free!), it's becoming easier to make copycats.

If you're really jonesing for a Girl Scout cookie, give one
of these gluten-free versions a try. The best thing about making your own Thin Mints or Trefoils is that you don't have to wait until mid-January - you can enjoy them anytime!

Jules Shepard from Jules' Gluten-Free and GF Flour mastermind has added her culinary two cents. Try her recipe for GF Tag-a-Longs (which are also called Peanut Butter Patties--Hey! What's up with all the names?)